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A revision of the annotated checklist of ectoparasites of terrestrial mammals in New Zealand

J. D. Tenquist^*, W. A. G. Charleston^**

^*Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, Animal Health Division of AgResearch Ltd, P. O. Box 40 063 Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
Present address: 12 Bethune Street, Featherston, New Zealand.
^**Institute of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222 Palmerston North, New Zealand.

The 1981 annotated checklist of Tenquist and Charleston is completely revised. Forty-five new records have been added, and recent taxonomic changes are included for both hosts and parasites.

Keywords  checklist; New Zealand; mammals; terrestrial; parasites; ectoparasites; Acari; Diptera; Pentastomida; Phthiraptera; Siphonaptera; fleas; flies; lice; mites; ticks

R00013. Received 14 June 2000; accepted 8 January 2001

(c) Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand,

Volume 31, Number 3, September 2001, pp 481-542

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